Reviews for Sikhs, Swamis, Students, and Spies: The India Lobby in the United States, 1906-1946

The average rating for Sikhs, Swamis, Students, and Spies: The India Lobby in the United States, 1906-1946 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-01-31 00:00:00 Tamara Froh This is an interesting but not particularly well-written or gripping account of Indian-American relations, starting with first contacts between Yankee traders bringing ice from New England to Calcutta and Bengalis, through intellectual cross-pollination between Bengal Renaissance intellectuals and New England Unitarians and Trancendentalists, through (mostly) Sikh immigration to the West Coast of the US and Canada, into racist anti-Asian-immigration legislation and on to the influence of a determined group of Indians on American policy toward the Indian movement for Independence from the UK. I had trouble getting through, but learned a lot.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-09-24 00:00:00 Ethan Williams Oh, America Past and Present, my old frenemy. I remember all those nights I spent with you: stressing and worrying and waking up with highlighter on my face. I remember waking up after three hours of sleep feeling gross because I hadn't showered the night before and red eyes because I slept in my contacts. Sometimes I liked you when I went to study group and we quizzed each other over coffee. You were even useful when I wanted to kill the fly on my ceiling. Still, I am glad to be done with you. I actually sleep at night now without a crank in my neck from sleeping on a textbook. I shower every day, and I have free time on the weekends. I don't have to freak out over anything AP, just getting into college (which I have already). Overall, I don't miss you, America Past and Present. I don't think anyone ever misses you. I do wish I could get someone to buy you off me though. That would be nice.